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Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Panel Recommends Whooping Cough Vaccine for Adults

Via The Washington Post:
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which helps set federal vaccination guidelines, voted unanimously to recommend that all non-elderly adults get a pertussis booster...
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